Pew Research Center

We’re in an era where the people most likely to respond to a poll are also the most likely to vote Democratic for president. Pew Research Center’s chief methodologist Courtney Kennedy takes us back to the basics of survey research and shares how pollsters are tackling challenges in the industry.

We’re in an era where the people most likely to respond to a poll are also the most likely to vote Democratic for president. Pew Research Center’s chief methodologist Courtney Kennedy takes us back to the basics of survey research and shares how pollsters are tackling challenges in the industry.

Growing shares of U.S. adults say they are using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit, but YouTube and Facebook still rise to the top.

Which social media sites & apps do you use? We at Pew Research Center just released our annual update on which platforms Americans use - and we find growth in use of 4 platforms in recent years: Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp & Reddit. Here is the % of U.S. adults who say they use each platform: - YouTube 84% - Facebook 71% - Instagram 50% - TikTok 37% - WhatsApp 32% - Reddit 26% - Snapchat 25% - X 21% - Threads 8% - Bluesky 4% - Truth Social 3% Go here for the full set of findings: https://pewrsr.ch/44bHrje #socialmedia #survey #pewresearchcenter #poll

A majority of Americans (63%) are extremely or very confident that childhood vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness. But smaller shares are highly confident that childhood vaccines have gotten enough safety testing (53%) or that the vaccine schedule is safe (51%). https://pewrsr.ch/444XVcY

About a third of Americans say they’ve had an online shopping scam happen to them https://pewrsr.ch/4o6rsKq

More than four-in-ten Americans (44%) say they have heard nothing at all about the CDC’s changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations (issued in early October). And among those who have heard at least a little, 63% say the changes have had no influence on their decision whether to get an updated vaccine. https://pewrsr.ch/4829Klr

What steps have Americans taken to look younger? 🧑 💇 💊 Hair coloring and taking anti-aging supplements are the steps Americans are most likely to have taken or to consider taking. Still, non-trivial shares say they would at least consider getting nonsurgical treatments (23%) or cosmetic plastic surgery (18%) to look younger. 💉🧑⚕️ 🧍♀️📈 Women are more likely than men to say they have done or would consider doing these things to look younger. For example, women are more than five times as likely as men to say they have colored their hair to cover grays and four times as likely to say they have gotten nonsurgical treatments or cosmetic plastic surgery. 💰 Perhaps not surprising given the cost associated with some anti-aging methods, upper-income women are more likely than women with middle or lower incomes to say they have taken each of these steps to look younger than they are. Dive deeper with the full analysis: https://pewrsr.ch/3Los6FC

12th grade girls are less likely than boys to say they want to get married someday https://pewrsr.ch/48d5xwl

What if we imagined the U.S. as a small town of 100 people instead of a country with hundreds of millions of people? Here's what religious affiliation would look like in that town. https://pewrsr.ch/4p7yGid